Exeter Advocate, 1907-07-04, Page 3NOTES AND COMMENTS
The Iron Age says there aro two sides
to the controversy over broken rails.
'fhe rodeo:ids say that the quality c f
the iron is worse than 1t was. The
makers of the rails say that the iron
is as good as ever but is subjected to
Unusual strains. Driving wheel loads
Lave Increased 49 per cent., while the
increase in the weight of rails was ".G
per cent. The increase in driving wheel
leads since 1893 has been 60 per cent.,
while the increase in the weight of rails
hue been 2v per cent.
The rails are prepared under spx'cificn•
tunas from the railroad companies. 11
1s plain That a large share of tete
blame must be placed upon the com-
panies. The increase In the weight of
traits calls for greater strength in the
rails. 7'ho high speed of trains brings
increased pressure to bear upon rails
at curves. Under the Inst conditions
the rails are required to do more ser-
vice Than twenty years ago. But when
the rails are subjected to the pounding
c; badly balance.' driving wheels, and
when fust trains are riot over lines
which were not constructed wiin any
Stich weight or speed in mind, some-
thing wilt give way. It is possible that
sight modification in the shape of :he
rail will give it more strength, but it
will be necessary to increase the weight
of the rail from an average of 90
pounds per yard to 110 or 120 pounds.
in view of the acceldents due to de-
fective rails some railroads have order-
ed rails with a larger percentage. ( t
carbon, some with a smaller percent-
age. Added carbon means greater
hardness and, consequently, fewer ac-
cidents due to wearing of rails. Di-
minished carbon means less brittleness
rind, consequently, fewer accidents
caused by snapping of rails. The right
mean between the two is still a matter
of conjecture. It may be true, as some
railroad managers assert, that poor
steel is used by the mills. 1t must be
true, as the mill managers assert, that
the railronds have not sufficiently con-
sidered the necessity 61 putting in bet-
ter rails for their new traffic.
Old bill not old fashioned is Damas-
cus, the oldest surviving city in the
world. and the most typical oriental
In Turkish domains, but far to the fore
in mailers electrical. Overhead trol-
ley cables are in the streets, and a few
miles up the Borndn river Ls a station
for generating electric. motive power.
rS1 first the street service will Dover
only some five utiles through the city
from suburb to suburb. Electric lights
have been instnlletl, and are lighting
Damascus to the number of 1,000 street
lumps. besides these the company has
put in more powerful lights in the
Grund efesque, in the public squares.
enol in the Serni. Private electric lights
nre coon to he introduced in shops and
residences. Tho Installing company is
itelgian. Sante of the electric supplies
and apparatus have come from Rnghind,
Germany. and France. but all cars,
erofnrs, and dynamos have been bought
1.: Belgium. Concessions in lighting
and sired railway undertakings have
Leen granted to corporations in Da-
mascus, Beirut. Aleppo, Smyrna. an•1
Satonica. There are signs, gradually
n:ulliplying nit bet -tinting more pro-
nonnced. that tete dawn of a great
awakening slowly is breaking in the
Mar each.
4—
The lovely lichens of nnture lovers
have proved a useful reason for exLst-
ertce. These pretty plants are 11►e first
o nitnck rocks and They vastly aid in
reducing rocks to sell, Lichens, such
As the "reindeer mess." nre food for
Wit roan and animals in high mirth -
ern r.•gi.ms, where other pinnt fend is
114)1 available, Another specie in north
Akira is liken long distances by the
pend, and, falling in the deserts where
{test is scarce, is eaten by men and
animal?. 11 is suppose{ to have Ie'en
the manna of the children of Israel.
Other species are tnp•nrtant fuer both
neon and beast in Finland. Greenland,
bylaw'. Norway, and Swdvlen. The
neIritive qualiites are due to peculiar
starclilik,' compound. Slimy species
rermx'rly were eon,eidered medicinal.
Shiny dyes, chieflyreds. purples, and
4
blues, are used for the coloring et
Vette mood, etc. Litmus used for test-
ing trate and alkalies in chemical ex-
it perinrents is obtained from lichens.
phi, lly in Holland. Orscillo is another
Mine for !hie dye. It is supe eeeei to
be the 'blue and purple" of the Old
Testament.
AFTER DIWF:AKFAe'I'.
"What's your name:"
":\Ilan. muni."
"\Vhal! Thet's a queer name f•,r a
ern m p."
"N'•pe. not so gseser; len het:ding up
de worl.l."
W(dl'I it 6101 -TEN IT.
P,4, trien—"\Vhat a horrible whine
you haw" In asking for andstaaeoe. You
ou rift tc have your were• valead."
f r e inp —"Dot's Mot i Mats Mow
kr brae. T'm l'1nkfa' tw harts' alma WM.
rtgsIed."
T11E POWER OF GENTLENES
Much Wretchedness Caused by Harshly
Judging One Another
Thy gentleness hat► made me great.
I1. Samuel, xxii., 30.
It is easier to recognize a man's
greatness than to discern the secret If
it. And yet wen are always very curi-
os about the process by which a great
than hus reached his eiuinnee.
A man was curious to know the sec-
ret of 1'aganini's power over the violin.
lie got a room next to Pagunini's et
an inn and watched him. Ile saw the
lereat musician when he arose in the
stiornhtg lake the precious instrument,
Oface it under his chin, make a few
lasses over it with the bow, kiss tete
Lack of it and, looking up, murmur a
prayer over it. Then he locked it in
its b:.x again. No ono ever stowed the
possibilities there are in a violin as
Page tilni. Ile could make it sound like
e. wail from the lost world, and lie
could make it ring with joy so that you
would think you heard the songs of
paradise. And the secret of it was that
he loved the instrument.
In this little text, "Thy gentleness
Path made me great," one of the great -
eat men of tate world speaks to us. Ile
was so great a ruler that many men
look back to hien as
TIIE IDEAL KING.
.Ile was so greed a poet that all ages
since have used his songs to express
'their worshipful emotions. Ile was so
great a men that God conferred upon
hien the title, "The pian after God's
own heart." And the secret of his
gr•ealness is revealed to us in the text.
The psalm from which it is taken
sketches his life. 1l tells in musical
monis the story of David's career, and
it reaches its climax when David kooks
up into God's face and acknowledges
that all that he has and is carne from
llun. "Thy gentleness hath made etc
great," he says. Just as a mother
broods over her child arid shapes 'ts
character, so God Wooded over David,
and by gentleness end forteerance that
.surpass anything that a neither ever
felt 11e loved David into greatness. Per-
haps we never know very much ulx,ut
how God loves us wail we hove our
own child ern our arms and know how
dear it is to us.
Once lel a Han get it into his soul
that God really cares for hire more
fondly than any mother ever cared fur
her child and his heart will have a
lightness it never had before, his sent
Will know a pet)ee that the world is
an utter stranger lo, his cares will be
sransformed so that they will Wive ..tile
power 10 distress hire and life will be
s., sweet at times that heaven will
seem only a, continuation of it.
Perhaps the most crying need of our
tune is u revival of this grace' of gen-
tleness. \Ve are very quick and cruel
in our judgments to -day. Men who are
tsmcerely trying to do good are
VILIFIED AND CARICATURED.
No man in the public view escnpes the
roost brutal criticism, and we aro just
as severe on each other in the private
walks of life. Perhaps no other evil
in the world produces so great a har-
vest of wretchedness as this habit of
harshly judging one another.
Sone men are ashamed of tenderness
and gentleness. But a man is sadly dc-
Itrienl who lacks feeling. Gentleness
not only makes us great, but it is n sign
of greatness in itie roan who has it.
And, happily, it is a forte of greatness
that all can achieve. \Ve may never
be able to acquire' wealth. We may
not have great thoughts to write. \\'e
may not have the skill to paint scenes
of beauty. Bart gentleness and goodness
al' can attain by God's good grace if
we will, and they aro more potent in
the world than any other form of great-
ness we know.
REV. FRANK M. GOODCIIILD.
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HOMEt* ***********.
SOME DAINTY DiSIIES.
French Potaloes.—Take small new po-
tatoes, scrape and parboil thein. Ilave a
pan with deep fat in it, and Id all corse
le the boil; throw In the potatoes, and
let Ihern cook slowly till n golden color.
.Dry by the tire, scatter dry salt and per -
pet over, and serve.
A Hood Plain Cake. — Work four
ounces of lard or dripping into one
pound of flour. edd six ounces of sugar,
a tenspoonful of baking -powder, and a
pinch of salt. Bent up ono egg in half
a pint of milk, and gradually bent into
the flour, with half an ounce of carra-
way seeds, nr tour ounces of currants.
Salop Pikelets.—These, to be at their
best, should be made when there is a
pint of buttermilk available. Work into
the milk enough (lour to nunke n thick
batter, add to it n little snit and a small
teaspoonful of baking -powder, also cns-
t. r sugar. Mix well, divide into even
pieces, make into thick round cakes,
which should be served either toasted or
just freshly bakes.
Salmon mind: -'rake n lin of salmon
of any good brand, empty the fish out on
to a plate, and carefully remove all akin
and Mone, ln•enking the fish as little ns
ro-.sible. 'Take Iwo lettuces, wnsh the
leaves, Wipe very dry, rind set mound
the dish, the salmon being in the mid-
dle. Keep in a cool place till renely for
use, and pour slowly over half a pint of
gnod mayonnaise entice. Garnish the
lettuce with slices of cucumber. and
serve.
Ilodderk and Tomatoes.- -Pour beetling
wader over n dried haddock to scald it,
and then pet it esonk for an hoar; akin
it. remove the brine's, and break tine
flesh into flakes. Dissolve one ounce of
butter In n pan, cook in it till tender a
finely -chopped onion and two sliced
tomatoes, then add the fish and cook for
len minutes. seasoning with cnycnne
pepper. snit, and chapped parsley. Serve
In n border of boiled rice, garnished s ith
cul lepton and pnrsley.
llnricol leans rued baron make n gond
dinner in waren weather. when meal is
not n^eeptnble. Wash and souk one
pound of hnricot beans overnight in
cold water; rinse and put therm Into a
snucepon, cover with mid wrier. add a
reeled onion. and let boll for Iso hours
or till tender; remove the onion, drain
1'1.• beans in a colander, melt the batter
in saucepan. put the beans again into
it, and toss over the lire till well coated.
Season with pepper, snit. and chopped
parsley. Serve with boiled bacon, and
garnish with slices of fried t.ncon.
Savory Mould with beef.—Boll Iwo
carrots. iwo turnips. and n smnil onion.
(:uh these into thin rings. and with them
Thickly line a plain buttered mould so
that its contents cnnnot le seen
Through this ornnnhenlation. Next ebop
some co0nt finely Hix it with a fourth its
weight in hreadcrinbs. Season with
chipped shallot. mace. pepper. sail,
mushrexun. catsup. and flvoie•Ien it with
Iwo eggs beaten ur with n little gravy.
Prees thee mixture into the m-'tild. cover
it with buttered paper, and Menai for
one hour or 14 nger nc'or.ling to the size
or the mould. Tum n on to a hot dish,
and pour some thick gravy Tumid.
.•alter browned dried brcadcrumbs over
the es ;cold, and serve.
POI.i'iIEf 1'lOO1fS.
Peitshed Boors and r:ge are becoming
much more generally twit. A fitted car -
pm .hewing n fi,v r itt 'i :.ten thing of
460 est. elly on tee pint fk.nr, and
1t M rii7 nr`-essnry to have themLammthat wi:l not only
iri
Oona, tut which can be
Lammot
e•at
without an
undue amount of limo being spent on
then:. The easiest and best way of hav-
ing floors attended to is to go to a first-
class firm That can be relied upon to use
only the best materials. To do the work
right it must of necessity cost stoney,
often more than (hose of limited mtejms
can afford. it is, therefore., necessary
I., know something about the pmcess,
:end the best way of doing the work, as
i1 is decidedly better to buy good mater-
iels and have thein put on by unskilled
labor than to accept a cheap estimate,
where only the poorest quality of mater -
ire' can be sup- plied for the price. There
are excellent materials That can be
fought, and by inquiring at the stores
Inc names of these can be obtained.
1f a floor has been badly finished, and
is sticky and worn away in parts, it is
lest to entirely remove all the original
stain by using a good solvent, which c:en
he applied on the old finish. This well
soften it. and it can then be rubbed ort.
It is best to use a steel tool to remove
every trace of color, so that The floor
Ir.oks like new wood. The next process
Is In use a good filler, whether the wood
be hard or soft, when the color is to be
light. it fills up the pores and grain of
the wood, and insures a smooth, hard
surface. 'fhe Inst process is the apnea.
lion of a hard wax finish; it is easily
applied with a cloth. and polished with a
weighted brush. A cloth can be used if
the brush is not obtainable, bot the
brush, of course, saves time. The wax
can be rubbed on a little at a !tine, anti
fifteen minutes Inter can be polished.
Max can be bough) in light or dark
colors. If the floor is to k- dark when
Iir.isheet, the dark shade is hest to use.
Ir floors me finished in this manner,
they can be kept in good order for years
by applying the wax and polishing
once or twice a year, and this can easily
be done by the maid or one of the
family.
IIC\"fs TOn TIIE IIOME.
Fine table salt rubbed on mnrhle will
remove n stain unless tine latter bo of
loo king standing.
Item snaked in water over night will
ne found exceedingly tender when eaten
the nest morning.
To remove grease from wall -paper rub
the; spot over once or twice with a pia•e
of flannel dampened with alcohol.
Onion juice is a good remedy for
corns. warts, and insect biles, if the
onion is rubbed on the infected part. 11
is aloe good) to gut onions into slices,
pour vinegar over them. and lie Them on
the corn or wort and keep them there
until the latter have softened and can
b•- mince n1.
A teaspoonful of the juice of a bonen
in n sninll t up of black coffee almost
certainly relieves a bilious headache.
The finest of manicure rads is made by
pulling n Ieasponnful of lemon juice into
't cupful of waren water. This removes
steins from the lingers mid nails and
hr.sens the cuticle mere than can be
done by the use of a sheer instrument.
An exeelb'nl kien for pantry shelves is
lc give them Iwo coals of ordinary' white
paint and than a third noshing coat of
white enamel. As soon as the enamel
dries. wash it over with cold water, and
then it will harden quickly. Ike not
cover these shelves with pnper, Mut
leave them hare. and not:cc the improve-
ment. The enamel is eerily wiped elean
with a damp cloth.
To Remove Dirt from Brown Tloe•ts.--
i)is...lwe n little saddle snap in warm,
sof. water. Put the bots In this, and
with a piece of sponge wash the boots
th.'roughly without making the leather
very wet. wash off the soapy w•nter in
plain soft water, and dry in the air.
'then polish the Monts In the usual way.
To keep plated silver clean and bright
without eenslant cleaning. which is so
injurknrc to plated nrtielec. ,ticsed e n
email handful of borax in a Lasin with
3 Ii111e net water and a little soap, put
the silver in. rind lel It stand for Three
or four hour,: then pour ef1 the suds.
rinse a illi Glenn. cold water, and wipe
with n rest; cloth.
When abut to bake try ail Oven every
t ten minutes nr %with n piece of while
leper. Il this blaze's or blackens directly
tt is put in, the oven is lex, tierce for any-
thing; if at the end of a minute or two
the p aper becomes of u dark, almost
chocolate. brown. the oven is fit for
small pastry. such es putties, etc.; if it
turns a lightish brown (the tint of a
cigar), you may put in fruit pits and
tarts; if it turns a darkish yellow (about
the shatle of deal), the 0%011 is til for
game or meat pies, powid or other rich
substantial cakes, or bread ; but for
sponge cakes, meringues, etc.. the paper
Aleut(' only just become of u pule yel-
low --in fact, should but just discolor.
This is a most excellent way of testing
an oven, and may be thuroughly relied
011.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
IN FERN VI ION LCssON,
11 I.'s 7.
Lessor 1. God Feeds Israel in the \\ il-
derness. Golden 'feet: John 6. 51.
TIIE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
'lased on the text of the Revised Ver-
sion.
From Egypt to Sinai.—The effect of
the overthrow of the Egyptians upon the
hearts and minds of the Israelites was to
inspire them with deur and awe at the
marvellous manifestation, of Jehovah's
lower. In the words of the Exodus nar-
rater, "And Israel saw the great work
which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians,
and the people feared Jehovah and they
believed in Jehovah, and in his servant
Moses' (Exod. 14.31). The escape out of
Egypt and the power and goodness of
Jehovah are commemorated in the Song
of Moses and Israel which the biblical
naralor introduces at this point. Leav-
ing the shore of the Red Sen. Israel new
turned its face toward the east and set
out to journey to he Land of Promise.
This journey of 1110 children of Israel
has not inaptly been compered with the
Mecca pilgrimage from (:afro, an annual
phenomenon in ninny respects similar in
character. Indeed, this similarity is
emphasized in the Hebrew word for
"exodus." which is "hug." and the signi-
ficance of which is perpetuated in the
modern haj of Mohammedan pilgrims.
The route taken by the Israelites was not
however the modern caravan route
straight across the northern end of the
reniusula, but the more circuitous one
familiar to students of the Bible as the
traditional route of the Exodus journey.
and which followed in a general way
the coast line of 1110 peninsula southeast
to Sinai, and from thence northeast to
the viciniy of Kudesh-barnen. A sum-
mary of the itinerary of this journey is
given in Num. 33. 1-49, where forty-one
stages or forty stopping places between
Itaamses in Egypt and the 111181 encamp-
ment of the Israelites at the Jordan
!liver are enumerate'. In this .summary
the dales of starting (the fifteenth day,
of the first month, of the first year) and
of Aaron's death in the fortieth year
;the first day. of the fifth month) of the
desert jertirney are naso recorded. The
recent researches of Neville have set•
led beyond rea.sonable dispute the first
stege of the line of march, and a closer
knowledge of the Sinaitic peninsula en-
ccuruges the belief that' before long the
correctness of Iho traditional site of
Sinai and the traditional Exodus mule
as a whole will also be established be-
yond question. The first stopping place
of the Israelites after leaving the shore
r,t the Dead Sea MOS at a place called
Ellin, where fresh water was found.
This was more than three days' journey
from the place of crossing the Sea,
though probably not far from the shore.
Verso 1. Elim --On the assumpllon that
the trnditional site of Sinai is correct.
Elim has been identified with a fertile
wady basin near the const, nixed one-
third of the way from the northern end
of the Rot Sea.
The wilderness of Sin—The sirnilnrily
between the names "sen," "Yen," rind
"Sinai" has been frequently pointed out.
It is possible that the deserts of Sin and
7.in have loth received their name from
the niou,ntnin, Sinai, though in the Ex-
odus narrative es we now have it the
two are carefully distinguished. The
wilderness of Sin is the name given to
the oven plain west of Sinai. while the
wilderness of Yen (mentioned later in
the narrative Num. 13. 21. and cLsc-
where). lie.: in the opposite side of the
peninsula fur to the northeast.
2. Murmured against Masee and
against Aaron --The hardships of the
overland desert journey were for it large
majority id the Individual mesnlw'rs of
this great inigrnling host crrtninly not
trilling. A scarcity first of water and
then of food were anwug the grievous
trials which they had to bear.
3. When we sat t.y the flesh-pots—
'rhe expr•ss,nn may he taken literally,
but in it wider ligturntive sense it stands
for the abundance of food of every kind
which the Israelites. whatever their other
afflictions had boa, had enjoyed in
Egypt.
4. Bread from heaven- Lit., "food,"
nut hn'nd in our sense of the went
(con/''. vole on verso 1.4, below).
The people shall . . . gntb('r a days
perlion every day— A severe lest of
obedience and faith. especially when the
supply for each day was sufficient to
stake possible the gathering of a larger
a,rw ant in advance.
7. It. The glory of Jet►ovah--11 1s nap
quite clear whether the reference here is
to the glory in the cloud, mentioned in
verse 10. or to the miracle of providing
foul. We are inclined to accept the
latter view. The rending of the next
verse as neutered in the Ile ised Version
seems to require this filen relation.
This shall be, when Jehovah shall give
you in the evening flesh o eat. and in
the morning bread to the hill.
9. And Moses said unto Aaron, Say—
Aaron is dill the spokesman. or, talker.
the mouthpiece, kir \treses, who. as we
remember. had a physical difficulty of
speech whi^h he nppnrenUy never over-
came : "Ail \fuses said unto Jehovah,
Oh. ford. I am not eloquent. neither
hcretofere, neer e:nee thou hast spoken
unln thy servant : for i nrn slow of
speech, and Cf a slew• tongue" tl:xnd.
4. 10).
tt. .,t even -1:t "ietveen the Iwo
esenings,' that t- 'he late afternoon.
14. A small, round thing, small as the
hnsr frost on the ground --The word
Iranslaled "round Dung' may also leo
soldered "flake."
15. What is it 7-0r, 91 is manna";
Ilcbrew. man hu. In Num. 11. 7-9, wo
find the following description of the
Henna : "And the manna was like cori-
ander seed, and the appearance thereof
as the appearance of bdellium. The
people went about, and gathered it, and
ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars,
and toiled it in pots, and made cakes of
It : and the taste of it was as the taste
of fresh oil ter•, cakes baked with oil?.
And when the dew fell upon the caner
i i the night, time nrannu feta upon her,
with it." It has often Leen attempted to
explain the feeling of the Israelites in
the desert by assuming that the manna
was a natural desert product, the exuda-
tion of a desert tree still comun, and
formerly doubtless rnt.ch more abun-
dant, throughout the Arabian peninsula.
The exudation referral to is described
by travellers as a glutinous, waxlike
substance whist in the nwrning after its
first apearnnce is µMil.:, changing ra-
pidly to a dirty yellow color ; it melts
quickly in the sun, and before the day
is over is absorbed in the ground; it
appears each morning during certain
months of the year and is sweet, to the
Mete, being used for fond in times of
famine. A more recent explanation
identities the mama with desert lichen,
l ravish -yellow in color, which grows in
great abundance on rocks and stones of
the desert. When fully matured the
leaves curl up; the plant loosens from
the trick and is blown about by the
wind, being gathered ultimately in heaps
ed the ravines and sheltered places not
unlike the leaves of autumn, though of
course very much outdid. This plant is
a not uncommon substitute for corn
among the natives in the stepre region
of swathe, ,tern Asia. being ground and
baked lake coin. It is dry and has an
insipid !lisle. Referring to these and
other attempted explatwtiens Professor
Alexander Maculister, of the University
o! Cambridge, writing in the llastingss
Bible Dictionary, says : "None of these
could be the manna of the Exodus,
which was a miraculous substance... .
They are physiologically insufficient as
food and can keen indefinitely." es the
manna of the biblical narrative could
not. Another barrier to the acceptance
of this natural explanation of the man-
na is that these natural desert products
are found only in small quantities and
at certain times of the year, while the
(laily provision of food for the Israelite's
ccntinued during the two score years of
their desert pilgrimage.
4•
.tl1.11G1.AR AS "GIRL."
Young Criminal Masquerades as House-
maid Satisfactorily.
Vienna police recently entered the
confectionery eslablisltrnent of M. Lu-
I.cracs, Budapest, and arrtseed trete
housemaid, Rosa, for burglary.
The notice accused Rosa of being
Aiexanier Nemety. a young roan of 19,
who was wanted for a series of ingen-
ious thefts, and the prisoner at once ad-
mitted the identity.
Ninety explained that he was fired
r! hiding from the police, and that he
dressed himself in a girl's clothes and
look service with \I. Lukacs on the
strength of a servant's references which
he had stolen for the purpose.
Ile acquitted himself excellently as
a houseninid, and might not have been
detected if he had not slipped out in
his own clothes to revisit his old
haunts, and been traced back to Inc
house.
Mine. Lukac.s told the police that she
considered lose lite best servant she
ever had, as she was strong and wil-
ling and never wasted time with the
tradesmen
TUE NEST IN TiHE TREE.
The sun was just peeping over the
hills. The leaves of the trees stirred
gently, and ri sleepy voice among the
branches said : "Mother, 1 an so hun-
gry. When may we have something to
eat !"
"les. mother. dear," came a chorus of
voices. "we are so hungry. May we have
some breakfast."
"Yes, my dears," replied the little
brown trotter bird, "you shall have
something jest as soon as 1 can go out
and get it."
Poor little mother ! She had five hun-
gry mouths to. fill. But they were n
happy family. Soon each of there would
be able to fly and get his own hreukfasl.
"Oh, nether," cried) one of the Tittle
ones, "you said you were going to teach
Bright Eyes le fly to -day."
"Yes," .aid Ike mother, "I ern. When
1 relnrn, and we have eaten, I will leach
yeur Nester Bright Eyes to fly."
"Oh 1" cried Bright Eyes, "how hnppy
I shall be, for then 1 may help our dear
smother to feed the rest of you until you
are also slrong enough 10 ily."
"Gout -bye, another, dear F' cried the
birdies. as she kissed each one of them
before leaving.
"I'll relur•ri soon, children," and away
she flew, res guppy as could be.
A little boy stone' by the roadside. Ile
held a little air -gun in hie hand.
"Oh. I see something at whlrh 1 can
shoot !" he cried, and lie pt.lted (ho Irig-
gdr.
'there was a soft flutter and down fell
the poor little mother bird with a shot
through her brave little heart.
oh, oh!" cried the birdies. "\\'by
doesn't mother .Done! We are so hum
gry 1 '
They wailed until the sun was very
high. "Oh 1' they cried. "What is keep-
ing our dear mother so king?"
The sun wens down in the weal and
still she did not return. [emir little bir-
dies! Bow they cried. Al Inst Bright
Eyes. who was the strerigesl. said she
would try 1n flu arid find the mother.
But pe sor little Bright Eyes fell over the
edge of the neat and lay very still hep ou
He ground. She never opened her
bright little eyes again. Then. one by
one. the others grew too weak to cry
any more, and they each lucked their
little head and. rneath n wing anti lay
quiet in, the nest. They never woke
Grain.
The little toy who made all Uus sor-
row was net really cruel ; he was very
the ughlfss. 1f you se" a little toy who
n see Ihoughlkas, dear children. jure Iel1
hint 81 111 the poor little mother hire)
and her babied and beg him to be kind.
London uses 217 million gallons of
water daily.
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NOTES.
Linings _for the sheer cotton gowns
are preferably of lawn made into a slip
skirl, which may or nifty not be elabor-
ately trimmed, but must be cut on the
same lines as the outside skirl.
'fhe Parisienne still clings to 11►e silk
I.ning for the lingerie gown, and must
of the imported models are mode up
ever a white ore colored silk founds --
lion. The softer silks, particularly
those of satin finish. are chosen rather
than taffeta. as they lend thennselves
better to the clinging effects of the sea-
son.
For the serviceable gown, however.
taffeta is still the favorite lining. It
gives a better "set" to a frock, and it
a good quality is bought, lasts a sur-
prisingly long time.
Linen is more popular than ever. both
in the sheer and heavy qualities. No-
thing makes a store satisfactory cos-
tume for business than one of the new
canvas weaves of linen in one of the
many serviceable shades of brown, dull
blue and gray now so much worn.
These are, as a rule, made In strictly
teemed fashion. with half -fitting or
light, half-length or short coats.
The more elaborate linen sults are in
bolero or Elan styles. Many of them
show the Oriental tendency, and all are
more or less trimmed. Soutacho braid-
ing and hand embroidery combined are
much seen on them, or the ebmroidery
alone.
White, or ecru, linens frequently show
the color note in their trimmings. This
is often given by hand -embroidered
dots. Sometimes the cuffs, collars and
revers are in a colored linen. Thus one
stylish string -colored linen had collar,
w•a s'coa! and coin of rose pink. set
in Inch bands of the string -color and
outlined by u narrow line of black sou -
tache braid.
Pattern rote's of white linen have
elaborately braided designs of white
anti brown, or white and pink, blue or
green soutache.
Dainty delle silk coats are much worn
with sheer fabrics, such as voille &•r
marquisette, and most attractive mod-
els are shown. Some of them show
loose drapery falling from a long
'shoulder line in loose folds, others
have square -bib -like trimming falling
loosely over a girdle, and :till others
ahem modifications of the postilion
back.
Little black lace coals in loose hip-
hngh ism dels, flaring into ripples at the
b,ttom with kimono sleeves, are border-
e.l with accordion-pla.ted frills of pinked
chiffon taffeln. Such coals are very ef-
fective when worn with lingerie gowns,
either colored or white. 'Taffeta coats
Si light, plaint colors, brriidcd in sou-
t.ehe, are also touch used to slip on
ever suntnier dresses.
The three-quarter length wraps el
bendy black hand -merle laces are ex-
ceed ugly handsome. Many of them are
n.nde up over gray instead of while
elation, which gives a less glaring et -
fed. They are very loose and full, lip -
ting smoothly on the shoulders and fal-
ling in deep ripples, sometimes straight
from the shoulder seam, again from n
sl:alkrw yoke. One particularly hand-
some coal of black d'Alencon lace had
huge accordion -plaited bell - sleeves fal-
ling well below the (nips. It was made
up ever while liberty satin. shrouded
Lt pearl-gray over chiffon. The front
had choux of black and white darker
at wile intervals to conceal the fasten-
ir,l2.
The tailors encroach more and more
on the dressmakers, giving us ornate
creations o; cloth, lussor, linen and even
of niuelin.
NOTES FOR 'rill: SE\Wink; ROOM.
In putting a whirl -waist sleeve to.
gelher• always remember that the fold
e t the back of the sleeve must be per.
redly smooth; there must not be the
slightest tendency towards a twist. 11
there is a bad setting sleeve will be the
result.
In putting the two piece sleeves lc.
gether the same principle is involved.
The sleeve never should be held up in
the hinds to put together, but lakl on
n lnpica•d or table. The trent seam h
pinned first, being careful to have el.
14'w• curves together; tt,en the outside
or upper part is folded over, so that
the fold that is made by so doing is a
smooth one—pinning the sena In thus
manner throws the proper fullness nt
the e:bow. Thin should be gathered in
the smallest stitches, and the fullness
distributed ever about n two inch apace.
Care must be used in handling this
seam from the elbow down, as it is ra-
ther bias and will stretch easily. If a
Mee. sleeve is put t.ogelher properly,
f.11ne:ws nlwuys will to thrown to the
ellwnw. 11 is only where both the upper
rind under parts of sleeve nre nearly
or quite the same size al the elbow that
the tullnes does not ootne. It the ga-
thers are put in properly and main well
pressed, they are not noticeable, and
form n pocket kir the elbow.
When canvas is put into the bottom
et sleeve. the sleeve always must tit
kept right side out while the work is
being don"; the canvas must be cut on
the bias, with upper edge slretched
little. 'then after the canons ins legated
In and the edge of the sleeve cnleh
s'ilched down over the cniias, the hint
toeing Is basted in on the wrong aide,
n little below the edge of the sleeve,
and the sleeve then Is turned wrens
side nut far the (inn' hernening deewn
d the facing. If this were 15 d00e ewlth
the sleeve wrong aide out. when en the
sleeve is turned to the right side. 1110
canvas and facing will be fulled and
wrinkled.
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Reed --Been to tete city:'
Greene—Yes.
"\There did you stop,?"
"All over. 1 went in my automobile,
you know!"
Build your hopes high—then stand
from under.